Photos: Pro gamer shaves beard for charity

Anthony Souffle, Chicago Tribune

Professional gamer Michael "Flamesword" Chaves chats with child life specialist Emily Hurth while setting up a portable gaming console he donated for patients March 24, 2015, at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago.

Professional gamer Michael "Flamesword" Chaves chats with child life specialist Emily Hurth while setting up a portable gaming console he donated for patients March 24, 2015, at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago. (Anthony Souffle, Chicago Tribune)

Daniel Lopez, 11, of Aurora, right, plays "Minecraft" on March 24, 2015, after Zach Wigal, left, founder of Gamers Outreach, set up a portable gaming console donated by professional gamer Michael Chaves for patients at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago.

Pro gamer Michael Chaves promised his legion of fans that he would shave his beard in exchange for donations to a worthy cause -- building a video game cart for the kids at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.